Table 5.
Literature review of nipple areolar complex sensation after nipple-sparing mastectomy
| Reference | Sensation at skin, N (%)/score | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Authors | Journal | Publish year | Number | Sensation at nipple, N (%)/score | Upper lateral quadrant | Upper medial quadrant | Lower lateral quadrant | Lower medial quadrant | Follow-up times |
| Djohan et al. [1] | Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | 2010 | 77 | 19 (15.3%) | N/A | 23 months | |||
| Kenji Yano et al. [20] | Annals of Plastic Surgery | 2011 | 43 | 4.17 (g) | 3.69 (g) | 12–61 months, mean: 31 months | |||
| Rodriguez-Unda et al. [23] | Annals of Plastic Surgery | 2014 | 12 | 44.5 (g/mm2) | 49.2 (g/mm2) | 36.7 (g/mm2) | 73.6 (g/mm2) | 47.8 (g/mm2) | 31.6 months, mean |
| Lesly A. et al. [13] | Journal of Surgical Oncology | 2016 | 33 | 0.125 | 0.75 (filament diameters: 0 = no sensation, 1 = 6.65) | Minimum of 12 months | |||
| Norbert et al. [21] | Clin Hemorheol Microcirc | 2017 | 10 | 8.8 (g) | 2.6 (g) | 684 days in average | |||
| Prakasit et al. [18] | Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | 2018 | 35 | 13 (37%) | 15 (43%) | 16 (46%) | 16 (46%) | 17 (49%) | Mean 24 months (range 2–104 months) |
| Kim et al. [22] | Aesthetic Plastic Surgery | 2018 | 55 | 2.12 ± 0.58 (NAC sensitivity score) | N/A | At least 3 months | |||
| Kristina et al. [19] | The Breast Journal | 2019 | 40 | 14 (35%) | N/A | 1–3 years | |||
| Jian Farhadi et al. [9] | Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery | 2020 | 59 | N/A | 49 (83%) | 51 (86%) | 46 (77%) | 48 (81%) | 23.4 ± 11.1 months |
| Lai et al | Current study | 2023 | 460 | 2.1 ± 0.7 (nipple sensation average value: mean, SD) | Lateral 2 ± 0.8 | Upper 2.1 ± 0.8 | Inferior 2.1 ± 0.8 | Medial 2.1 ± 0.8 | 42.4 ± 32.5 months |